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... give up on it so quickly. She then told us of her plans to go to the Dunes directly west of Bordeaux in the town of Arcachon. She invited us all to join her and one by one we agreed. My plan had just changed. The next morning the four of us took the bus out to the little beach town and were delighted by the cozy feel of it. We arrived at the dunes and swept away. In one direction we were confronted by a dense forest, in the other the sparkling ...

It was doing to be a hot weekend so we headed out to the coast and checked into a campsite. Electric hook up and unlimited wifi seems like luxury. Arcachon turned out to be an upmarket holiday resort with chic town, massive villas and beautiful beaches. Plenty of cycling and swimming in the ...

Open fields and pines along the French coast line of the Atlantic Ocean. Typical colonial farmer towns of the country side and once at the beach, boulevards, cafes, shops, restaurants, and infinite beach breaks, some better than others. A relaxed surfers paradise for a retirement future plan. People here are respectful, conscious about the environment and aware of their surroundings, just a couple of things that doesn't click yet; they don’t ...

Arriving just in time for lunch, several restaurants offered menus that included the local specialty, Arcachon oysters. We decided on Au P'tit Ju and had a terrific lunch, D opting for a platter of 9 oysters (€10, very reasonable, they were the larger #2 size), and I had the 'menu', ...

... in the bubble of my vehicle, bounced around by the various stimulants... excitement, sadness, anxiety, freedom... That night I parked up in a service station at Lugos after dark, feeling claustrophobic, dirty, disorganised, and slept in my clothes with the benefit of at least being able to stretch out... It was quite fun being nowhere though, slightly lost in transit getting a chocolat chaud from the empty cafe, falling into a cautious sleep for the first time in my van. ...